Phaneroptera (Phaneroptera) myllocerca Ragge, 1956

Gupta, Sunil Kumar & Chandra, Kailash, 2018, Systematic study of Tettigoniidae (Orthoptera: Insecta) fauna from Chhattisgarh, India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (4), pp. 325-336 : 332-333

18. Phaneroptera (Phaneroptera) myllocerca Ragge, 1956

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2006. Phaneroptera myllocerca, Shishodia , State Fauna Series, 12: Fauna of Nagaland, Zool. Surv. India,: 91.

Material examined: Chhattisgarh, Kabirdham, Bhoramdev WLS; Fen river , 07.viii.2011, 1(♂,DC) coll. S. K. Gupta & party .

Diagnostic characters: Fastigium of vertex moderately narrow, long sulcated above; pronotum without lateral carinae; prosternum bispinose. Macropterous. Tegmina reddish brown with distinct bifurcate radial sector which is free from median; Forewings unicolor. Cross veins of costal and precostal areas of forewings irregular. Stridulatory area of left male forewing large. Fore tibiae with 3-5 external spurs, including 1-2 apical ones; middle tibiae with about 7-8 external spurs; hind femora unarmed ventrally. hind tibiae with 6 apical spurs. Cerci terminating upwards directed spine with recurved black apical spine; subgenital plate with almost contiguous lobes. Ovipositor long, straight.

Distribution: India: Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh (Kabirdham), Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Nagaland, Sikkim and Uttarakhand. Elsewhere: China and Myanmar.